Apple

Sep 3, 2026AW-0137Right

Weibo leaker: iPhone 18 Pro chip adds a seventh GPU core

The A20 Pro layout puts a seventh GPU core on the chip and 8MB of L2 cache on its efficiency cores, up from 6MB.

A Weibo leaker known as Fried White Rice reported that the iPhone 18 Pro's A20 Pro chip would add a seventh GPU core and raise the efficiency cores' cache to 8MB, up from 6MB on the iPhone 17 Pro's A19 Pro.

How to read this record

  1. What was reportedThe A20 Pro layout puts a seventh GPU core on the chip and 8MB of L2 cache on its efficiency cores, up from 6MB.
  2. Who said it, and whenFried White Rice (Weibo) reported it on Sep 3, 2026 in AppleInsider.
  3. What happened, and whenApple iPhone 18 Pro was announced on Sep 9, 2026, 6 days after this report.
  4. The verdict, and whyRightIt turned out the way this report said.Why: Apple confirmed a 7-core GPU on the A20 Pro, which is the seventh core this report described. What the company published
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Reported by
Fried White Rice (Weibo)
We read it in
AppleInsider
Product
Apple iPhone 18 Pro
Read it at AppleInsider

The story of this report

  1. Sep 3, 2026Fried White Rice (Weibo) reported it · AppleInsider
  2. Sep 9, 2026Apple iPhone 18 Pro was announced
  3. VerdictRightWhat it means, and why, is in the box above.

Who reported it

Fried White Rice (Weibo) · Leaker

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Questions about this report

Did this Apple iPhone 18 Pro report turn out to be true?
Right. It turned out the way this report said. Apple confirmed a 7-core GPU on the A20 Pro, which is the seventh core this report described.
Who reported it first?
Fried White Rice (Weibo) reported it on Sep 3, 2026 in AppleInsider.
How far ahead of the announcement was it?
That was 6 days before Apple iPhone 18 Pro was announced on Sep 9, 2026.